New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-26
THE CORONETS RETURN VOYAGE
BACK AFTER HER RECENT TRIUMPH.

MUCH ADMIRED IN ENGLISH wATERs-A DAYS RUN
OF go Mills.
The big schooner Corone victor in tho ocean race
OF 1887, returned to American waters yesterday she
crossed tho bar at Sandy Hook shortly after noon ana
anchored of Forty -thirdst. Brooklyn at O'Clock AS
she up the Bay and through tho Narrows her ap
pearance provoked voley OF sauos from the sharp
toned the OF yachts In the harpor'
hour her anchor had touched bottom her sails
had been neatly furled and covered, her deck cleared
and the port watch had started of days liberty.
A few people who had heard of the yachts arrival
went to Gowanus to get glimpse OF the handsome pleas
craft which had gained world
wido reputation for speed and seaworthi'
ness within the year she has been atoat
Captain Crosby her able commander under whose al
recton the designed and constructed and Mate
Whittier, whose good judgmentn carrying sail at the
right time went good way toward reducing the time OF
the passage from Owls Head 10 Roche Point took pridc
in showing them about the vessel
The Coronet left Cowes April so and was twenty
five days I'm coming She encountered head winds
much OF the time, and was hemmed In by heavy iogs
almost continually during the last ten days. Although
attempt made to push her. she made run OF 25o
miles one day; offset to this only advanced 81
miles another The taken the return voyage
much further to the nothward than in going to the
eastward, the Great Banks OF Newfoundland being
crossed line with the Flemish Cap. Tho yachts log
shows that the anchor hove short I'm tho solen nj
2 y. N. on April 80 and the boat towed TO sea- The
Needles were passed at p light northeast breeze
was spread The Bill of Portland bore west six miles
distant at m Start Point was passed at os T. and
increasing In volume. During tho morning seNeraI
ships were oyephaed ana Pass ssod 10 tSc
norihward. and from that point the actual open sca
May 2 opened with strong northeast wind which
"pcered out to calm before noon The position the
latitude 40' % north, long tnde IL % west nn
covered
weather on May b. and was s9naly end hehUy rau
west and made tackjng necessary on May the yacht
in latitude Az % longitude l5 57 and sailed l9s
miles: on May she IN latitude 490 II. longitude
49, s., and sailed % miles. and May in latitude AS
40 longitude 1ao 81 80. and sailed 50 miles. May .
and marked by strong northwest and southwest
gales and head one hundred and nineteen miles
were covered the former day and the position was
latitude So 49, longitude 20 81 and l3l miles were
sailed on the latter day. bringing the boat TO latitude
500 45, longitude 30. The steamship City OF BROOKLYN
was spoken at a. on May ), and wcstDouhd steam
ship sgnalled at p There was no wind on tnt
day and only 81 miles were made May was almost a
rePcon OF The p Ge,nS cay inc weather Oo
The greatest days run was made on May 10, whgn
hundred and thirty miles were logged ana al hoon rh
gales continued through the following days and 200
and l5S miles were made these days respectively. a.
5:40 May - in latitude 49,, ~ loigl'aae -aIn
o. the wreck OF ship was passed on May 10 s"u I
Of fishing smacks was seen at anchor on me ahhs "
nOrthward. dense fog run into little inter au
sandy Hook was sighted. The winds were hght hnu
battling except the 18th. when good sang OreeHe
sprang out from the southwest and 2l7 miles were Gov
cred The distance sailed on May Ii was ~ miles NAY
l5 40 miles; Mag To- 100 miles; May Z, rs niles
May Is 1871 miles May 90 90 miles; May ~! so miles,
MAY Do 80: May %, 40. and May "a, 100 miles. ,
Captan Crosby said that the Coronet was much al
mred hy the many English yachtsmen who ysitcu heI'
and that people from rs far away o. Bernh 10 see
her He had heard nothing more about the Thistle than
Is already here but thouEhtihat the Brtohs Wer
ovcIcon6den in their belief that she would carry away
the Americas Cup. =, =, ,,,..,
The sloops Nahii. ". T. Connor shrew, H. H. Chitten,
den and La Percholc &. l.. Buchanan, have arranged
for race on Decoration Day under the direction OF hc
Regatta Committee OF the Larchmont Yacht club Inc
viii he ten miles 10 NlndMaru from lhe e'I VN
OF IarchnOnt Harbor and return